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The importance of quality
research practice
UNICEF as a Data Driven
Organization
Data is a basis for:
- Global and regional reports on the state of children
- Program planning, monitoring and reporting
- Inputs for policy-making
- Inputs for equity-focused strategies
- Analysis and studies to inform policy
implementation
- Objective monitoring and validation of results
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Applying Principles in
Practice
- To promote use of quality data
- To facilitate access to reliable, regular and disaggregated data
for planning, monitoring and reporting
How does UNICEF do it
1) Through primary data collection
2) Through analysis of primary and secondary data
3) Through strengthening administrative data systems and
data management
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1) Primary Data Collection
Regular surveys
- Global Multiple-Indicator Cluster Survey – MICS
(every 5 years)
Ad- hoc surveys- to close the gap in knowledge
- School optimization
- Salt iodization
- Costing of Inclusive Education
- Child Care Reform
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MICS
• Global household survey in over 100 countries - 4 rounds to
date
• Approximately 130 indicators
In Serbia:
• MICS 4 conducted by SORS in 2010 (+Roma sample)
• Questionnaires customized to local needs
• Key source of disaggregated data (regions, urban/rural, gender,
education, age, wealth, ethnicity)
• Rigorous quality assurance – global methodology
• All MICS materials, including data sets are publicly available
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2) Analysis of primary and
secondary data sources
- The Many Faces of Poverty (LSMS)
- The State of Children in Serbia- Poor and Excluded
Children (LSMS and MICS)
- Access to Services in Rural Area (LSMS, MICS, Social
Inclusion in Rural Areas)
- Impact of the potential tax reform on the poorest (LSMS)
- Costing of Pre-school Education (Budget Data)
- Targeting of Child Allowances (LSMS)
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3) Strengthening
Administrative Data
Key Issues:
- Collected data not adequate for monitoring policies and
measures (type & disaggregation)
- Lack of regular revisiting and revision of administrative
data collection by data users and producers
- Inconsistencies in the same type of data coming from
different sources
- Insufficient transfer of data from providers to users in userfriendly formats
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3) Strengthening
Administrative Data
Examples of UNICEF support:
a) Social Protection
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Defining of core and secondary social protection indicators
- Revision of data collection instruments in the area of social protection
- Capacity building for data analysis
- Transfer systems between ISP and SORS
b) Roma health
- Strengthening data base on Roma health indicators
- Advancing data entry and processing techniques
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3) Strengthening
Administrative Data
Support to data availability:
a) DevInfo (DI) database
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Administered by RSO from 2006
National DI - under revision to support reporting as per national
MDGs and Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction indicators
Municipal DI – available administrative and survey data
customized in user-friendly Municipal Profiles
b) TransMonee database
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Regional administrative data on social protection, employment,
education indicators, current harmonization with ESPROSS
requirements
Example of DevInfo Municipal Profile
PBILD Zajednički program UN, UN Kancelarija u Bujanovcu
Karađorđa Petrovića bb, 17520 Bujanovac, Srbijа
Cooperation with SORS
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SORS as a long term and reliable partner
Cooperation on DevInfo, TransMonee, MICS
Mutual learning and capacity development
Facilitation in establishing institutionalized data
exchange procedures
• Possible areas of future attention:
• Resolving discrepancies in administrative data collected from
different sources
• Creating a more dynamic cooperation between line ministries
and SORS
• Strengthening capacity for data usage and availability of data
at municipal level
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Cooperation with decisionmakers & research community
Partnership with decision-makers
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Aim is to promote and support evidence-based policy making
Wide dissemination of and policy advocacy based on quality
research (MICS 4, studies…)
Independent institutions (Parliament, Ombudsman)
Partnership with the research community
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NGOs
Think-tanks
Universities
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Thoughts for further
discussion…
- Availability of high quality data sets
- Pre-conditions for continuous monitoring of policy
implementation
- Availability of analytical capacity
- Effective cooperation between SORS, ministries,
NGOs and think-tanks in the area of research
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